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THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CALIFORNIA 

LOS  ANGELES 


THE  GOBLINS'  CHRISTMAS 


Copyright,    1908,   by   M.  E.  Anderson 


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Elizabeth   Anderson 


Illustrated  L/  Alexander  Sharp 


Los   Angeles 

Segnogram   Publishing   Co. 
1908 


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NCE  upen  a  time  I  visited  Fairy-land  and 
spent  a  day  in  Goblin-town.  Th?  peopl? 
there  are  much  lik?  ourselves,  only  they  are  very, 
very  small  and  roguish.  They  play  pranks  °n  one 
another  and  hav?  great  fun.  They  are  good  natured 
and  jolly,  and  rarely  g?t  angry.  But  if  one  does 
get  angry,  h?  quickly  recovers  his  good  natur?  and 
joins  again  in  the  spert. 

If  a  Goblin  should  continue  angry  h?  would  take 
on  some  visibl?  form.  Perhaps  h?  would  become  a 
toad  or  a  squirrel,  or  some  other  little  animal,  and 
would  have  to  live  here  on  the  Earth-plane  forever- 
more.  But,  if  h?  keeps  good  natured,  he  can  come 
here  and  have  his  fun,  and  net  be  seen  by  any  on? 
except  a  Seer,  or  very  wise  person. 

Th?  Goblins  are  gracious  to  the  wise  people 
new,  but  they  were  not  always  so.  A  long,  long 
time  ago,  on  a  Christmas-eve,  the  Fairy-folk  were 
having  great  sport.  All  the  little  psopl?  of  the 
Unseen-world  had  gathered  together  in  th?  Earth- 
realm.  There  wer?  Brownies,  and  Gnomes,  and  Elves; 


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even  some  little  Cherubs  Had  joined  them.  They 
wer?  having  a  wild  dance  and  a  gay  time  when  who 
should  appear  but  Kris  Kringl?!  Now  the  Fairies 
did  not  know  that  he  was  a  Magician,  or  Seer, 
and  so  they  tried  to  make  sport  of  him.  But  Kris 
by  his  wonderful  magic,  changed  them  into  the  most 
beautiful  toys.  The/  became  straight  littl?  jumping- 
jacks,  and  dolls  in  bright  dresses,  and  the  dearest 
little  rabbit  with  whit?,  soft  fur.  And  somewhere  in 
the  bottom  of  the  sleigh  on?  was  turned  into  a  cute 
little  Teddy-bear.  Then  old  Kris  tucked  all  these 
toys  into  his  roomy  sleigh,  and  shook  the  reins  of 
his  waiting  steed.  "G°  on!'  he  said,  "For  I  v? 
many,  many  a  chimney  to  reach  tonight. 

Now  this  is  th?  tale  of  "The  Goblins'  Christ 
mas  that  th?  moonbeams  teld,  as  th?/  heard  it 
frem  th?  Fairy-Queen,  who  d?clares  that  ?v?ry 
word  ef  jt  is  p?rfect]/  true. 


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Illustrations. 


"Down    the    Milky    wa/             .  .            .            .             17 

"The    big    black    caldron       .            .  .            .             ,21 

"As    through    the    air    they    flew"  .                         .             25 

"They    climbed    th?    sleigh"             .  .            .             ,27 

'  'Playthings    rare/    he    said"  .  .            .             .            31 

"For    his    Christmas   treat"              .  .            .            .41 

Preface       ....  .            .               6 

Presentation     .......         9 

Fairy    Queen          .             .             .  .             .             .             12 

Sprite   and   Toadstool           .            .  .            .            .18 

Bq/    and    Rabbit                .  .             .             35 

Witch    with    BroQm   ...  .             .      37 

Elf    and   Spider.              .  38 


To  EARL  and  GEORGIA: 


E    little    Man,    and    tin/    Maid, 
Who    love    th?    Fairies    in    the    glade, 
Who    see    them    in    the    tangled    grass — 
I  he    Gnomes    and    Brownies,    as    they    pass, 
Who    hear    th?    Sprites    from    Elf-land   call — 
Go,    frolic    with    these    Brownies    small, 
And   join    thess    merry    sportihg    elves, 
But    ever    t>e    your    own    sweet    selves. 


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The   tig   bright   Moon   hung   high   and   round, 

In   a   densely   darkened   sk/; 
The   tall   pines   swayed,   and   mocked,  and   groaned; 

Th?   mountains   grew   SQ   high 
That   th?   Man-in-the-Moon   came   out   and   said, 

Mo!   Spooks,   for   a   m?rr/   dance. 
The   winds   blow   hard,    th?   caverns   roar, 

While   o  er   th?   earth    they   prance. 


A   Witch   and   a   Gotlin   led   th?   sprites; 

Out   from   the   sky   they   sprung; 
And   down   th?   milky   wa/   they   slid, 

And   over  a   chasm   swung. 
Th?   streams   around   ran   witches    troth. 

The  fumes   were   strong   and   rank. 
These   Elfin   creatures   all   were  wroth, 

Whil?   of   the  stuff   the/   drank. 


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The   cunning   Moon   looked   on   and   laughed 

With   a   shrill   and   sneering  jite; 
Her   soul   grew   fat   fa   see   them   chaffed^ 

This   mad   and   elfish    trib?. 
Th?   big   black   caldron   toiled    so    high 

With   food   for   these   queer   mites, 
That   it  lit   the   world    throughout   the   sk/, 

And   down   cam?   all   the   Sprites. 


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Their   mad   career   upset   a   star, 

As    through    th?   air   they   flew: 
It   cringed    in   fear,   and   shot   afar, 

Ahd   fell   wher?   nQ   one   knew. 
Orion  s    sword   was   broke   ih   bits, 

Corona  s   crown   was   gone, 
Capella   seemed    tQ   los?   her   wits, 

Whil?   all   SQ   longed   for   dawn. 


Then   from   the  night   there   came   a   sound 

Of   sleigh-tells   ringing   sweet; 
Out   of   the   chaos   came  a   man- 

i\ris   firing!?  —  for   his   Christmas   treat. 
Ho !   Kris !      they   cried,     We  11   hav?   som?   fun, 

We  11   bind   th?   old   man   down, 
We  11   tie   him   up,   and   toss   him   o'er 

Into   our   Goblin-town. 


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They   climbed   the   sleigh   with   shout   and   din, 

TQ   bind   his   hands   and   feet; 
A   hundred   strong   they   clambered   in 

Our   good   old    Kris   to   meet. 
He   sat   quit?   still,   with   twinkling   eyes, 

I  hen   seized   his   mystic   wand, 
H?   raised   it   up,   and   waved   it   round 

Stilled   was   this   chattering   band. 


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Stiffly   stark   ahd    still    they   stood, 

Clad   in   elfish   clothes; 
Som?  were  wax,  ahd  some  were  wood, 

On?   had   crushed   his   hos?. 
"Playthings   rar?,"   h?   said   ahd   smiled, 

For   children   rich   and   poor; 
Som?   I'll   leav?   the   crippled   child, 

And   sorn?   at   th?   orphan  s   door. 


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lie   shook   Kis   reins^   ahd   called   his   steed 

To   bear   him   swiftl/   on. 
Full   well   it  knew   its   Master's   heed 

TQ   Kurry   e  er   the   dawn, 
rrom   house   to   house   they   scampered   down, 

Their   sleigh-bells   rihgihg   clear^ 
Through   chimneys   in   th?   slee^/   town- 

Good   Kris   and   his   reindeer. 


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The  windows   rattled,   the  moonbeams   tattled 
A   tale   so   strange  and   queer. 

They   told   how   at   night,   in   dir?   affright 
The   Moon   had   hid   in   fear. 


That  he  d   called   ih   sport   his   elfish    court 
Of   spooks   and   witches   ga/, 

Each   elfih   child,   by   glee   beguiled, 

Drought   scores   of   others,    they   sa/- 

Then   a   man   appeared,   with   flowing   beard, 
In   a   sled   with   a   reindeer   fleet; 

They   gathered   about   with   din   and    shout, 
TQ    bind   him   hands   ar»d   feet. 


Then    the   Moon   laughed    loud  at  th?  gathering  crowd, 
While   h?   held   his   sides   in   mirth, 

TQ   see   old    Kris   ih   a   plight   like   this, 
Toiling   o'er   th?   earth. 


But   alas   for   the   Moon,   he   had   laughed   like   a   loon, 

For   Kris   is   a   hero   Of   old, 
Yes,   Kris   is   a   seer;   with   his   small   reindeer, 

Me   captured   th?   Goblins   bold. 

And   he   changed    them,   they   say   in   a   wonderful   wax, 
To    toys,   for   his   Christmas   cheer. 

1  he   big   dolls   stare   with   a   goblin   air, 

I  he   small   ones   cringe   with   fear. 


While   th?   moonbeams   prattle,   I   hear   a   rattle 

Of   hoofs   on   th?   chimney   side; 
Then   out   on   th?   show   I   gaze   below, 

Hurrah!   its   Kris   Kringle,     I    cried. 

Then,  si/  as  a  mouse,  h?  entered  the  house, 
And  hung  up  his  treasures  so  ga/. 

Then  out  with  a  dash,  he  sped  lik?  a  flash, 
Into  the  night,  and  awa/. 


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